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Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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FRANK T. RILEY, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

Application filed April 9, 1912. Serial No. 689,636.

T0 all wlw/m. t may conce/rn Be it known that FRANK T. RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful iiniirovements in Tallies; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and lfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a method of tabulating games, and moi'e particularly information relating to and the results of base ball games, the principal object of the invention being to provide a method of tabulating whereby iiiforu'iation relating to a number of gaines may be printed in a limited space. lt is well known that a great many people are interested in the results of base ball games in one and often in several of the many base ball leagues, and take pleasure in referring to the score sheets of games played in previous years. ln order to satisfy this demand, and also to provide permanent records of the games in major and many minor leagues, books have been published ccntaiiiing information in some detail regarding the major leagues and in a more general way regarding the smaller league clubs. In order, however, to include sulticient information to give such records any value for general circulation, it has been necessary 'to provide a book of sucli bulk that it is inconvenient to carry and expensive to produce. To obviate these disadvantages, l have devised a method of tabulating information relating to the games whereby the material points may be given in a very limited space, thereby enabling the publisher to include information regarding more games in less space and at less expense than has heretofore been possible.

The material points of the game, which should be made a matter of record are, of course, the number of runs, hits and errors made by respective contesting teams, the pitchers used and the dates when the gaines were played. To arrange this information compactly, and in a manner to be readily understood, I treat each league separately, under proper headings, in the manner shown in the accompanying drawings, which show the beginning of a table for the present American Base Ball League. At the head of the ltable is a list of the pitchers of the league, each name being preceded by a number which is used in the following table to designate that particular pitcher, the pitchers for each club beingl grouped in the sequence of their club records, and the clubs being arranged in the order in which they finished the season for which the record is made.

ln the table following the pitchers list, one of the clubs is selected and paired in vertical aliiiement with each of the other clubs of the league, the basic club being preferably, but not necessarily, the one finishing first in the league race. and the others following iii the order of their standing.

More specifically referring to the drawings, the first pair shows Washington-the basis of this gi'oiiii-in heavy type at the to p and rit- Detroit immediately therebelow in smaller type, indicating that the following information relates to games played between vashington and Detroit on the latters ground.

Following the names of the teams, in liori Zontal alinement, appear the figures the coupled figures 5/22 indi ating that a game was played on the twenty-second day of the fifth month, or May 22, of the year for which the book was published. 'lhe lig- 1 ures designate the number ot runs, the

. 1 number of hits and 3 the number ot errors made by the respective teams, and the index 4 figures 5 following the error figures desigmation is a single vertical column followed by other score gures and diderent pitcher indexes, but without a new date couplet, indicating that the teams were playing a series at Detroit. By the method described, we are informed that this second game was won by Detroit, the score being' 9 to 8, and that Detroit made 12 hits and 3 errors to 13 hits and 8 errors by vWashington. `We are also informed by the single index in the Detroit column that No. 3, or Mullin, pitched for Detroit. in the lashington line, however, we find two indices, arranged in upper and lower positions. This means that No. 5 pitcher, or Gray, started the game for lVashington but was relieved by No. l, or Johnson, who finished; the upper index figure designating the pitcher| who received credit for the game.

rlwo other games are recorded in like manner, the fourth game record being followed by a double vertical line to indicate the closing of the series. rllhe game record following the double lines is preceded by a date 7/7, showing the commencement of another series of games between Washington and Detroit on the latters ground. Later in the column for these clubs we lind two games recorded in heavy type. This indicates a double header or that two games were played on the same day.

Following the horizontal column described, Washington is paired with each of the other teams in the league and a record of the series and games is made, as described with reference to the games played between llashington and Detroit.

After the Washington pairings, another team is selected and paired in like manner and so on until the table is completed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

l. A tally sheet having a division giving the names of diierent teams and the names of players, the names of players on each team being numbered and grouped after the name of the team, a column wherein the names of teams are paired, and paired columns of figures following the names of the paired teams, sets of the figure columns being separated and each set in the gure column having an index number corresponding to the number of a player in Jthe name division.

2. A tally sheet having a division giving the names of different teams and the names of players, the names of players on each team being numbered and grouped after the name of the team, a column wherein the names of teams are paired, and paired coll umns of figures following the names of the paired teams, sets of the figure columns being separated and each set in the figure coll umn having an index number correspondingto the number of a player in the name division, and some of the index numbers being in turn indexed, for the purpose set forth.

3. A, tally sheet having paired columns headed by the names of contesting teams, sets of figures following the team names in paired relation, some of the sets of figures being differentiated from the other sets, and each set of :figures being indexed for the purpose set forth.

l. A tally sheet having paired columns headed by the names of contesting teams, sets of hgures following the team names in paired relation, some of the sets of figures being printed in type heavier than that used for other sets, and each set of figures being indexed for the purpose set forth.

5. A tally sheet having paired columns headed by the names of contesting teams, sets of figures following the team names in paired relation, minor division markings between said sets, major division marks between different series of sets, each set of figures being indexed and a date marking for each series.

6. A game table comprising the names of contesting teams arranged in pairs, and sets of figures arranged in paired relation following the names, the separate sets of iigures being set off from each other the type for some of the sets being heavier than that for other sets, and each set of figures being indexed for the purpose set forth.

7. A tally sheet comprising a division wherein the names of teams and players are arranged with the names of the players numbered and grouped after the name of the team, a division wherein the name of each team is paired with that of each of the others, paired columns of figures arranged in sets and following the paired names of the teams, numbers following each set of figures and corresponding with the numbers indicating the names of players in the first division, minor division marks separating each set of figures, major division marks separating the sets into series, and date iigures preceding each series, substantially as vset forth.

ln testimony wherof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK T. RILEY. Witnesses:

LETA E. CoA'rs, WV. A. BUDD.

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